On Sunday, the 20-year-old South Korean defeated Corey Conners of Canada, 2-and-1, in the scheduled 36-hole final. At No. 776, he became the lowest-ranked player in the world amateur standings to win the prestigious title.

Yang was so pessimistic about his chances last week that he brought only a few shirts to the nine-day event in Johns Creek, Ga.

Asked if his college coach might reconsider the scholarship situation, he laughed and said: "Better. Or else I'm going to transfer."

Florida State, for what it's worth these days, was an overwhelming pick for No. 1 in Sunday's release of the Associated Press pre-season college football poll. The Seminoles garnered 57 of the available 60 first place votes.

The recent story of Chicago's Jackie Robinson West Little League team, their U.S. title taken away because some of their players lived outside the district they represented, struck a nerve with Phil Hart.

The 24 trades made Monday that moved 43 players in the hours before the NHL trading deadline were more strategic than splashy, nothing that justified the hype that has grown around this annual day of reckoning and nothing that will immediately transform a franchise.